Carriage-seat



(No Model.)

S. M. HARDENBERGH.

GARRIAGE SEAT;

No. 354,979. Patented D e. 28, 1886.

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SARAH M. HARDENBERGH, OFLE FEVER FALLS, NEW YORK.-

CARRIAGE-SEAT.

FJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,979, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed November 20, [886. Serial No. 219,456. (No model.)

I To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SARAH M. HARDEN- BERGH, a citizen of theUnited Statea'residing at Le Fever Falls, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Seats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to'the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Thisinvention relates to improvements in that class of carriage-seats commonly called shifting seats, in which the seats are arranged to accommodate two or more persons,

as may be desired, the supplementary seat being disposed of by sliding under the stationary seat or in some other way when the carriage is intended for the accommodation of only two persons.

The object of the present invention is to furnish a supplemental seat for one person when it is desired to furnish seats for more than two, and is so constructed as to belowered and slide under the stationary seat when desired, or to be raised and drawn out wholly or partially in front of the same when it is to be occupied; or if the space it occupies is to be used for other purposes the supplemental seat may, together with its attachmeuts,be wholly removed from the carriage, leaving it entirely unobstructed for such other use as may be required; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts by which these objects are accomplished, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate this invention, the same letters of reference indicate like parts in the difi'erent figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a carriage provided with my supplemental seat. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing the supplemental seat in line with the stationary seat. Fig. 3 is a transverse section with the supplemental seat lowered, so that it may be moved back under the stationary seat. Fig. 4 is a plan View, with the stationary seat removed, illus-- trating the construction of the slatted support which carries the supplemental seat. Fig. 5

is a detail view of the supplemental seat, onlarged, illustrating the sliding connection of its supporting-screw therewith. Fig. 6 is a U bottom plan view of the same, showing the dovetail recess in the under side of the seat in which the head of the screw slides. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section with the supplemental. seat raised above the stationary seat as in use.

In the several figures, A represents the carriage-body, which may be of any desired form, and B the stationary seat attached to the same. The bottom of this stationary seat has a recess, a, cut in its front side, which when the supplemental seat is not in use is covered by the hinge-board a',attached to the seat at one side of the recess, and which when not. in use for.

covering the same is turned back, lying fiat upon said stationary seat. This board a is not of sufficient thickness to make any apple ciable difference to the occupants of the seat when covered by the seat-cushion, whether it be in positionto cover the recess or turned back; but if desired the board may be without hinges, so as to be removed entirely from the seat, thus making no change in thelevel of its bottom, should such change of level prove an objection. A recess, a, may also be formed in its front edge for the passage of the screw of the supplemental seat when the latter is to be placed partly over the stationary seat.

Beneath the. seat B is placed the supplemental seat-support 0, carried on cleats b b, attached to the inner sides .of the carriagebod y. This supportOis heldin place upon the cleats by slight projections 1), extending upward from the cleats I) each side of said support. A slot, d, running partly across the support 0, (and, if desired, into a semicircular extension on the front of said support,) forms. a guide for the not 0, which is thus enabled to have a movement lengthwise of the carriage. This nut carries the screw e, which in turn supports the supplemental seat D. The nut is elongated, extending to some distance beneath the support, so as to'give a firm bearing for IOC , last-named seat,both seats are in condition for of the nut in the slot (1 or by its own movement upon the dovetail head of the screw.

The operation is as follows: The supplemental seat being lowered and moved back under the stationary seat, as shown in Fig. 3, and it being desired to bring it into position, the cushion E will be lifted, the cover a turned back. The seat D will then be brought forward and rotated, thereby turning the screw until the said seat has reached the desired altitude. The cover is then replaced over the recess a and the supplemental seat adjusted through the agency of the sliding nut or slide on the bottom of the seat, or both, to the position it is to occupy with relation to the stationary seat. The cushion beingthen replaced on the occupation, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings.,.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States the following:

1. As an improvement in carriage seats, the combination of the recessed stationary seat, the horizontally and vertically movable supplemental seat, and the removable support for said supplemental seat, arranged, as shown and described, to allow the supplemental seat to be lowered and slide under the stationary seat or to be removed with its support from the carriage, as set forth.

2. As an improvement in carriage seats, the stationary seat provided with a recess in its bottom, and the cover for closing said recess, in combination with the adjustable supplemental seat adapted to be raised orlowered through said recess, as specified.

3. As an improvement in carriageseats, the supplemental seat D, mounted upon and capable of sliding upon the head of a screw, 2, the sliding nut for said screw, and the slotted support 0, all combined and arranged to give said seat a horizontally sliding movement upon the screw or support, or both, as set forth.

4. As an improvement in carriage-seats, the combination of the recessed seat B, vertically and horizontally adjustable seat D, and the slotted removable support 0, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH M. HARDENBERGH.

\Vitnesses:

M. T. E. CHANDLER, ROBERT E. MoRRIs. 

